Rack for displaying rugs.



N0. 806,705. v PATENTED'DEG. 5, 1905. C. H. ONBAL.

RACK FOR DISPLAYING RUGS.

APPLIGATION FILED Nov.1, 1904.

74757/765565: lm/enor'.

W@ @Mjf om... y@ @Md Marneyg UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 5, 1905.

lApplication led November 16, 1904:l Serial No. 232,972.

To @ZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES H. ONEAL, a citizen ofthe United States,residing at Baltimore, in the State of Mar land, have invented certainnew and useu Improvements in Racks for Displaying Rugs, of which thefollowing is a speciiication.

This invention relates to a rack for displaying rugs.

An object of the invention is to provide a special rack for the use ofcarpet and rug dealers by means of which rugs of various sizes on salemay be displayed to their customers.

An object of the invention is to provide a bar with a series ofupwardly-pointed holding-pins placed at intervals along the bar andadapted to enter the back of a rug and to combine with said bar meansfor elevating and lowering the bar while it is extended in a horizontalposition and also enable it to be turned in a horizontal plane.

The invention is illustrated in the panying drawings, in whichh Figure lis an elevation of the rack, showing the rug-supporting arm in loweredposition and indicating by broken lines the raised position of the same.Fig. 2 is a vertical cross-section of the arm on a larger scale, takenon the line 2 2 of Fig. l and showing the position of the rug-holdingpins. is a view of one form of double holding-pin. Fig. 4 is ahorizontal cross-section of part of the arm-bracket and the ost andshows the clips with antii'riction-rol ers.

The invention comprises a horizontal bar or arm A, provided along itslength with upwardly-pointing pins t, spaced apart at intervals, and acord and pulley arranged to raise and lower said bar. All the straightpins project upward vertically along the top edge of the horizontal barand stand flush with the vertical side of the said bar. Thisconstruction insures that the pins will engage only the strongbackmaterial of a rug and not penetrate through the body ofthe rug.

In the present instance the bar A has a supporting bracket or brace,consisting of a vertical down-projecting leg c and an inclined brace d,extending between the bar and leg. The leg chas two bands or cli s e,each provided with two antifriction-rol ers f. A

vertical post G has journals h h at its ends Fig. e.

which take in suitable fixed bearings i t and by means of which the postmay turn or partly turn to swing the bar A in a horizontal plane. Thepost in cross-section may be round or may have any other desired shape.The bands or clips e, before mentioned, take around the post G, the twoantifriction-rollers f being on opposite sides ofthe post. Thisconstruction serves to sustain the arm A projecting in a horizontalposition and also leaves it free to be raised or lowered on the post. Aulley j is at the top ofthe post, and a cord 7c as one end attached to asuitable eye Z, ixed on the bar, and thence extends upward to andthrough the said pulley and down again. It will be seen that by pullingon the cord the bar will be raised. A suitable hook or pin m at bottomof the post serves for attaching the cord when the bar is up.

' It will be seen that a double pin b b or two pins united by a commoneye n is employed. A nail or screw o through said eye and into the bar Asecurely holds the two pin-points. These pins line up along the edge orside of the bar, and their upward-projecting points are completelyexposed and will readily take into the back of a rug when the latter isplaced over the pins. If a heavy rug has one end thus attached while thebar A is lowered, both the bar and rug may then be readily elevated, andthe rug will hang down, thereby displaying its entire pattern. As thereare two rows of pins l), two rugs may be hung on the bar at the sametime. The backs of the two rugs being together, the patterns on each rugwill be exposed for inspection. Persons who may be in position can rstsee one rug displayed from one side of the bar and then by merelyswinging the bar A around can see or yinspect the rug on the oppositeside.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A rack for displaying rugs comprising a horizontal bar having alongits top edge straight upward-pointing pins which stand flush with thevertical side of said bar.

2. A rack for displaying rugs comprising a horizontal bar having alongits top edge straight upward-projecting pins which stand flush with thevertical side of said bar and means for raising and lowering said bar.

3. A rack for displaying rugs comprising a ln testimony whereofl affixmy' signature 1n presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES Hl NEAL.

Witnesses i .CHARLEs B. MANN, Jr.,

G. FERDINAND VOGT.

